As of November 2024, 24 states have legalized cannabis for recreational use; cannabis (as opposed to THC-free CBD) is still (more or less) wholly illegal in 11 states, while the remaining 15 allow for legal medical use, with varying restrictions. Here’s a rundown of where weed is legal...
Since medical cannabis was first legalized in Colorado in 1996, nearly half the country has legalized marijuana for recreational use. Even more states have decriminalized weed or allowed marijuana to be used for medical purposes,and now, the substance may even be reclassified federally.The Justice...
States Where Medical Marijuana Is Legal If you’re comfortable with—or particularly passionate about—the use of medical marijuana, consider one of the many states where it’s legalized, like California, Colorado, Oregon, or Washington. If you wish to avoid involving medical marijuana, states li...
Implications of legalized recreational marijuana on the United States blood supplyHumansCannabisStreet DrugsBlood TransfusionDonor SelectionQuestionnairesBlood DonorsUnited StatesWashingtonColoradoAuthor information: (1)Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. garrett...
The release of the data comes just a day after Canada legalized cannabis nationwide and less than a month before the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, when initiatives to legalize marijuana will be on the ballot in Michigan and North Dakota and are being considered in others. Recreational...
• Interfere with an employer’s obligation to provide a safe and healthy workplace, free from recognized hazards, as required by state and federal occupational safety and health laws Photo by manish panghal on Unsplash Recreational marijuana use in New York State was legalized for those 21 and...
If the prevalence of marijuana users in the adult general population continues to increase, then the numbers of those with marijuana use disorders may increase as well. As is the case for addiction to other substances, most individuals with marijuana use disorders in the general population go untr...
Dutch Reverse Course on Legalized Marijuana; as U.S. States Liberalize Pot Laws, the Netherlands Has Been Tightening Its Regulations, with Mixed Results Dutch Reverse Course on Legalized Marijuana; as U.S. States Liberalize Pot Laws, the Netherlands Has Been Tightening Its Regulations, with Mixed...
We used the nation’s leading source of data on emergency department visits and compared the proportion of ED visits for CUD in two states that had legalized recreational cannabis and two that had not. We found that CUD rates among “treat and release” ED visits were significantly lower in ...
Had Century been acquired by a bank uninterested in entering the cannabis market, it would have left the state’s marijuana sector with even fewer options than it already has. Other than Century, the only Massachusetts-based financial institutions known to be in the business are Northern Bank &...